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SCAD student creates waterless sand-removal system using Astroturf and bamboo

Posted by DeshRaj on 21/11/2009

Designed by Casper Krouse, a senior industrial design student at the Savannah College of Art and Design, the system (pictured above) uses collected rainwater, a mat of bamboo poles and AstroTurf. The design-work is the part of a project that asks...

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Best of best from this years best green competitions

Posted by AditiJ on 20/11/2009

Its the best time to take a look back at the best of the best things that happened this year. A number of green competitions were held this year and a number of entries managed to make an impression. Designers and companies from around the world...

Green competitions Eco-friendly Global Green Challenge Solar Decathlon Greener Gadgets Design Competition Electrolux Design Lab Opportunity Green 2009 Competition Regeneration: International Green Computing Design Competition Environment

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Colin Lin reuses discarded newspapers to create eco-friendly shoes and tote bags

Posted by DeshRaj on 20/11/2009

Designer Colin Lin, 50, chanced upon a brilliant idea of creating eco-friendly footwear and tote bags using recycled newspaper. The Taiwanese designer recycles Chinese language newspapers and weaves them into a lattice pattern. In order to endow...

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Patrick Nadeaus Rainforest adds new life to your living space

Posted by AditiJ on 19/11/2009

Here is a beautiful installation that will give new life to your dwelling. Designed by Patrick Nadeau, the interesting fixing called the Rainforest consists of hanging domes enclosed in living plants. The French designer who has exhibited his...

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Sustain-o-bin thanks you when you drop trash into it

Posted by DeshRaj on 18/11/2009

Designed and developed as a course project by the Industrial Design Center (IDC) students at IIT-Bombay, the Sustain-o-bin is an interactive dustbin with three sensors to follow people, to demarcate its boundaries and to acknowledge the good work...

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